The Battle of the Letters: Keynes v Hayek 1932, Skidelsky v Besley 2010
byWe are delighted to bring you a great letter exchange from history where in public debate Keynes traded economic blows with Hayek over causes…
Keynes
All in a Family Way, A New Pastoral Ballad by the Poet, Thomas Moore
byThis was written in 1826, when the government was trying still to pay for the Napoleonic War. Peel used what has now become the…
Time to Celebrate the Entrepreneur
byDo you think it is very worrying that not one government policy encourages the entrepreneurs of the world to create wealth? Without wealth creation…
Steve Baker speaks at the IEA on fiscal policy
byOn Tuesday, I spoke at the IEA’s The State of the Economy conference, participating in a panel discussion on Fiscal Policy and Government Expenditure…
Hayek vs. Keynes
byVia www.zerohedge.com and econstories.tv, the choice in economics explained through rap: Also Now it’s looking like V for victory over recession – Times Online
The Error of Government Spending by Way of the Magic & Mythical Multiplier
byOne of the most persistent economic fallacies that permeates economics and politics is the notion that by government spending money, there will be more…
Happy days are here again? Another view from the City
byEquity Strategist Ewen Stewart makes the case that the national debt will within 5 years be over £150,000 per family of 4 with debt…
Why Budget Deficits are Bad for the Economy and Why Sir Samuel Brittan is Wrong
byToby Baxendale exposes flaws in the economic thinking of the left, indicates the dangers of deficit spending and points to a better way to…
The Sub-Prime Debacle – What Will Future Historians Say?
byLiam Halligan has kindly agreed to publication of the transcript of his address to the Cobden Centre/Libertarian Alliance dinner on 30 September 2009. INTRODUCTION…
Animal Farm
bySept. 17 (Bloomberg) — Private investors in China, the world’s largest metals user, have stockpiled “substantial” quantities of copper as the government ramps up…